#middle_bottom{
height:490px;
border:0px solid #000;

}

.article{
  background:  url(../images/articlebg.png) no-repeat;
  margin-left:20px;
  margin-top:50px;
  width: 300px;
  float:left;
  border: 0px  #000 solid;
  height:490px;
  color:transparent;
}
.article_header{
  padding-left:35px;
  font-size: 2.5em;
  font-family: Georgia;
  letter-spacing: 0.1em;
  color: rgb(142,11,0);
  text-shadow: 1px 1px 1px rgba(255,255,255,0.6); 
}

.article_header span{
  display: block;
  margin-top: 0.5em;
  font-family: Verdana;
  font-size: 0.6em;
  font-weight: normal;
  letter-spacing: 0em;
  text-shadow: none;
}

.article_body{
  width:280px;
  padding-left : 10px;
  padding-right:10px;
  font-family: Verdana;
  -moz-column-count: 1;
  -moz-column-gap: 1em;
  -webkit-column-count: 1;
  -webkit-column-gap: 0em;
  column-count: 1;
  column-gap: 0em;
  line-height: 1.5em;
  color: rgb(69,54,37);
  text-align: justify;
}
/*.article_body:first-child{
  font-size: 1.25em;
  font-family: Georgia;
  font-style: italic;
  -moz-column-count: 1;
  -webkit-column-count: 1;
  column-count: 1;
  letter-spacing: 0.1em;*/
}
.article_body:first-child:first-line{
  font-weight: bold;
}